Relief of a boy leading a calf from tomb of Nekhebu

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This fragment of low raised relief depicts at the top of the block, the hoof of a cow on a ground line. Below the ground line there is a large blank section. This fragment joins two pieces depicting the legs and body of a bull, which join to 13.4340.1.

Provenance

From Giza, tomb G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], court. 1912-13: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.